B-Flow, a Non-Doppler Technology for Flow Mapping: Early Experience in the Abdomen

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 114-122

  Wachsberg, Ronald H ^a,b  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler studies abdomen; Doppler studies B flow; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVEX ARRAY TRANSDUCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECTOR TRANSDUCER; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ABDOMEN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0142147263     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013644-200309000-00002     Document Type: Article

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